from Tell Me How It Makes You Feel
Because these are the documents we’re never to destroy. // Because these are the documents we’re never to falsify or duplicate for forgery or for profit’s sake. // Because… More
Seven Poems by Valerie Hsiung
(I am withholding something / frightening, holy, foolhardy, strange, / loving, excruciating, vital, unknown, / rejuvenating, transient, natural, old) // like a free will / like nowhere to go More
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Imperiled journalists worldwide are less safe because their one-time champion, the US, has forfeited its credibility in calling out attacks on the press. When it happens next in Egypt, Turkey, China and elsewhere the damage will be felt. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/world/attacks-press-george-floyd.html?referringSource=articleShare
The scenes of police violence on peaceful demonstrators in video after video tonight are reminiscent of historic footage of foreign, hostile military powers invading cities and subduing civilians. Yet, somehow, it is us. https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/1268575677286154246
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